At an event commemorating the 1,000th rubber-tired gantry crane produced by Konecranes, the Georgia Ports Authority announced the completion of the latest phase of its electric RTG infrastructure. 'We're excited to expand on our eRTG program…
Silverstream Technologies, makes of air lubrication technology for the shipping industry, signed a contract with a major cruise line to retrofit its proprietary Silverstream System on one of its vessels. The Silverstream System will be retrofitted onto the vessel in 2017…
Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government authority charged with regulating, coordinating and supervising all aspects of Dubai’s maritime sector, has announced the signing of an agreement with DNV GL today at the DNV GL National Committee…
Engineering firm Hy-Dynamix has teamed up with Dynamic Load Monitoring (UK) Ltd (DLM) to build new wireless reporting technology into its portable container weighing solution, the Hy-Weigh. The four-corner hydraulic jack system, launched in May…
Damen Shipyards Group has concluded an informative seminar on the subject of Environmental Dredging for key players in the Chinese dredging industry. The two-day seminar presented several new developments from the field of environmental dredging…
ECDIS Ltd's international seminars on have proven such a success, they have now moved into a new series; starting with the one of the previous hosts, Dubai. The seminar, held on November 3rd at the InterContinental Hotel Dubai, gave the…
Joe Vorih has been appointed President of OMEGA Engineering, Inc., a pioneer in the design, manufacture, and distribution of process measurement and control products. Vorih's priority will be to transform OMEGA from the best-known direct provider…
NOIA President Randall Luthi today released the following statement on the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. President: “On behalf of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), I congratulate President-elect Trump on his victory at the polls…
Intellian Technologies, Inc. announced an initial public offering of 1,450,000 common shares via the KOSDAQ, at an initial price of $17.27 per share. The initial public offering will result in roughly $26m in raised capital and a total market capitalization for the company of just below $124m…
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are partnering with shipping company Maersk Line to measure the environmental benefits of a $125 million upgrade for 12 Maersk containerships. The initiative will involve the installation of high-tech…
Marine systems innovator Cavotec said it has won automated mooring orders from existing MoorMaster customer, the Port of Salalah in Oman, for use at two container berths. Cavotec will supply 16 MoorMaster MM400E15 units for container berths 3 and 4 at Salalah…
North P&I Club is continuing its drive to highlight the range of cyber threats facing shipowners through active support of the new international ‘Be Cyber Aware At Sea’ campaign. The campaign is a global maritime and offshore industry initiative…
Arthur E. Imperatore, Founder and President of New York Waterways; Captain Donald Marcus, International President of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots; and Christopher Wiernicki, Chairman, President and CEO of the American Bureau of Shipping…
3D printing will cause so much change in the shipbuilding and shipping sector that the industry must completely alter its approach toward designing and building ships.This is the conclusion of NISS (National Institute for Shipping and Shipbuilding)…
While talk of autonomous operations in the maritime sector have swirled for years, the talk becomes reality as Automated Ships Ltd. (an M Subs Ltd subsidiary) and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build the…
